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Yaakov ben Yehuda Leib
Preacher at the study house outside the city in 1670.
Asher Yaakov Avraham ben Aryeh Leib Kalmankesh
Judge and halakhic decisor who authored works on Torah and Kabbalah.
Yosef ben Avraham Chayut
Head of the rabbinical court and preacher in 1685.
Yehuda Yudil ben Moshe
Rabbi who served in Lviv and participated in the Council of Four Lands.
Zvi Hirsch ben Zechariah Mendel Klausner
Rabbi born in Krakow who later became chief rabbi of Lublin.
Simcha ben Moshe Yitzchak
Rabbi appointed chief rabbi of Stryi and its region.
Yosef ben Moshe Harif Segal
Rabbi described as head of a yeshiva and later chief rabbi of Przemyśl.
David ben Aryeh Leib of Lida
Rabbi associated with Lida, Ostroh, Mainz, and Amsterdam.
Yitzhak ben Yaakov Kikensh
Rabbi described as a leading judge and defender of Torah.
Yoshua Falkir Yehuda Leib
Preacher and author of the work Emek Yehoshua.
Yaakov ben Avraham
Head of a yeshiva and son-in-law of David of Lida.
Moses Pinchas ben Israel
Rabbi and communal leader in Lviv and neighboring communities.
Moses ben David
Pious scholar, distinguished judge, and teacher.
Isaiah ben Menahem Mendel Katzenellenbogen
Distinguished judge and communal leader who taught many students.
Hanokh ben Mordecai
Head of a yeshiva in Lviv for thirty-four years.
Naphtali Hirz ben Israel Ashkenazi
Rabbi and communal leader in Lviv and its district from 1702 to 1712.
Joel ben Isaac Isaac Halepern
Rabbi appointed to lead Lviv but died in Ostrava before arriving.
Menahem Mendel ben Asher Patiker
Rabbi and religious judge in Barzan, later chief rabbi of the district.
Tzvi Hirsch Ashkenazi
Rabbi known by the title Chacham Tzvi.
Yaakov ben Binyamin
Father of Tzvi Hirsch Ashkenazi.
Eliyahu Kobo
Teacher of Tzvi Hirsch Ashkenazi in Salonika.
Shmuel Abuhab
Hosted Tzvi Hirsch Ashkenazi in Venice.
Meshulam Zalman Weimark-Mirelsh
Rabbi and head of the three united communities.
Zvi
A rabbi and communal leader associated with the Altona kloiz.
Meshullam-Zalman Neimark
A father-in-law of Zvi and rabbinical court head.
Meshulam-Zelman
Rabbi who died in 1687, leaving the chief rabbinical position vacant.
Rabbi Tzvi
Rabbi and chief rabbi of Hamburg and Wandsbek, later associated with Altona.
Moshe Ziskind Rothenberg
Rabbi who shared the Altona leadership with Rabbi Tzvi.
Chacham Tzvi
Rabbi Tzvi, who later served as rabbi in Amsterdam and published responsa.
Moshe Ziskind Rothenberg
Rabbi Ziskind Rothenberg, described as Rabbi Tzvi’s colleague in the rabbinate.
Zvi
Rabbi who served in Amsterdam and later became chief rabbi of Lviv.
Shlomo Ayalon
Rabbi of the Sephardic community who approved a controversial book.
Hayyim Kohen Rapoport
Son of Simha Rapoport and author of Zekher ha-Hayyim.
Shlomo Zalman ben Yitzhak
Rabbi listed as serving in 1719.
Zvi ben Shaul Landa
Rabbi, chief rabbinical judge, teacher, and author associated with Lviv.
Hayyim ben Yitzhak ha-Levi Reytsis
Scholar and head of a yeshiva in Lviv who was killed for sanctifying God's name.